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iy J.T. WAGENHEIM
Staff Writer
Animal rights activists have driven
the USC Medical Affairs
Committee to prepare a statement
for the Board of Trustees concerning
the university's pro-active
stand on animal research.
Dr. John Humphries, Dean of
the School of Medicine, said he is
"deeply concerned" about the animal
rights activists protesting medical
research at USC.
"The use of animals in our research
is extremely valuable to the
advancement of medical science,"
Humphries said.
USC President Palms added,
"this animal rights issue is serious.
It could be devastating to our
research".
; Aitimals from the animal shelter
are u$ed by the university to research
cures and causes of heart 1
disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,
glaucoma and other fatal dis- 1
eases. In addition, organ and limb |
preservation is researched in terms
pf how long an organ or limb can
live away from the body and what 1
temperatures are necessary to pre- (
serve it 1
i; Cathy Frisch, President of Stu- 1
dents for the Ethical Treatment of c
Animals (SETA), believes there,
are alternative options which do 1
not involve the use of animals. s
"We are not against medical re- 1
search.-We are against the use of c
animals in medical research. All 1
we ask is that they use alternative *
methods. Pound animals do not
have to be used," Frisch said.
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animals are imperative to medical
research and alternatives are used n
whenever possible, a
"When we can nse cell culture, d
we do. When we can use computer T
modeling, we do. We have even u
run clinical trials on humans.
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where that is not aoina to accom- o
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In 1990, the city pound euthai
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dogs. The university bought a]
proximately 350 cats and dogs I
use for research purposes.
'The cat and dog population i
this country is out of control. It
unfortunate that this (euthanasia
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son why these animals have t
undergo any excessive treatmer
before they are killed," Frisch saic
The university, however, feel
different
"We see it as 350 animals ar
given a chance to give somethin
back to society. The other 9,00C
unfortunately, are not," Fowle
said.
Dr. Matthew Wolf, Professor o
Physiology at USC, uses animal
to research organ and limb preser
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Wolf, USC-Columbia."
Frisch and SETA have at
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vhat is done to the animals. Th(
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>n every occasion.
"We are simply asking Cath)
:risch to get properly trained ir
cience and come as an educatec
ndividual. We can't allow our failities
to be opened up as a zoo
Tiat would be inappropriate,'
owler said.
Frisch believes the animals are
tortured" by the animal research
dentists.
'That is foolishness. These anilals
are put down into a state of
naesthesia so deep that you could
o open heart surgery on them,
hey are never allowed to wake
p, Fowler explained.
The animal research facilities at
rSC are overseen by a committee
f doctors and community memers.
Ninety-five percent of the
limals used are laboratory rojnts.
The university contends they
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"We are not going to go away.
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to go away by themselves, and
they are going to have to be
addressed eventually," Frisch
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By GORDON MANTLER
Assistant News Editor
The African-American Student
Association held a "rap session"
Thursday on the Cockwheat
controversy.
"If we are striving for diversity
on this campus, issues such as
these need to be addressed," said
Troy lowers, a public relations
senior.
"The racial climate is already
tense," he said. "And this (Cockwheat)
doesn't help."
Gamecock Fever, a private
newspaper distributed at Carolina
home games, was accused of blatant
racism and insensitivity after
the Carolina-Duke game issue of
the newspaper.
The character of Cockwheat, a
combination of USC mascot
Cocky and "Little Rascals" character
Buckwheat sparked protests by
student leaders three weeks ago.
"You have to use tact," said
psychology/African American Studies
junior Charles Shannon. 'To
Law schoc
From Staff Reports
Relocation of the U.S. Justice
Department's Legal Education
Program to USC moved a step
closer to completion Thursday
when Congress gave final approval
to the 1991-1992 Commerce, Justice,
Stats and the Judiciary Appropriations
Bill.
"I'm very pleased that we have
made this happen," said Sen. Fritz
Hollings, who approached the university
early in June about becoming
the new training quarters for
the Justice Department program.
Hollings also said he was
pleased that the Justice Department's
"major commitment to the
university has been made with the
full support of the Bush Admin?oft-o
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USC President Palms said he
was delighted with the support the
proposed relocation has received.
"We owe a special thanks to
Sen. Hollings and to Dean John
Montgomery of the law school for
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It touches my heart,
and it defames my heritage and my
character."
"It's not just Cockwheat, but the
whole thing (newspaper)," he said.'
"When we read this, it causes anxiety.
You're creating an environment
and you have to live in it."
"When you voice your opinion,
you have to know where to draw
the line," he said.
Currently, student leaders are
sending letters to the advertisers in
Gamecock Fever, which include
South Carolina Bookstore, Conoco
and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
In addition to that, lowers suggested
taking the Cockwheat issue to
the Office of Minority Affairs.
Twenty to 25 people were at the *
meeting, a relatively low turnout,
according to Shannon.
"But when the time comes for
them (African-Americans) to come
out in numbers, they'll be there,"
he said.
>1 honored
the diligence with which they have
pursued this project and convinced
the Justice Department to make
such a move," Palms said.
"It's exciting to think about the positive
attention this will bring to .
the law school, as well as to re- .
lated disciplines," he said.
The federal government will
provide a $7.5 million annual
budget and $10 million for renovations
and moving the legal education
program from Washington
D.C. About 23 staff members will .
relocate to Columbia and an estimated
15,000 attorneys and paralegals
will come to USC annually
for training.
"We've been concerned for sev- * eral
years now with the need to establish
joint training programs for ,
federal, state and local prosecutors.
It's clear that, as the war on drugs
escalates, an expanded legal education
program is essential," Hollings
said.
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